Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person communicates information to someone else; and
(b) the person knows that the communication could prejudice the physical security of nuclear material, or an associated item, to which Part II applies.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 8 years .
(2) Subsection ( 1) does not apply if the communication is authorised by a person who has been granted a permit to possess the nuclear material or associated item.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection ( 2) (see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code ).
(3) Section 15.2 of the Criminal Code (extended
geographical jurisdiction--category B) applies to an offence against
subsection ( 1) of this section.